Physics Colloquium: Greg Howland

The Syracuse University Physics Department is pleased to welcome Dr. Greg Howland, Assistant Professor of Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Gregory Howland is an Assistant Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy and the Microsystems Engineering PhD program at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Before coming to RIT, he received his PhD from the University of Rochester in 2014 and was a staff physicist at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, NY. His research interests include few-photon imaging, characterizing and quantifying high-dimensional entanglement and quantum integrated photonics.

“Quantum Technologies with Photonic Integrated Circuits”

Abstract:

Quantum Technologies — leveraging the unintuitive properties of single quantum particles like ions and photons —- are finally fulfilling their 20-year promise for realizing transformational technologies. They can provide unbreakably secure communication channels, cameras that see in the dark and around corners, exquisitely sensitive chemical sensors, and powerful simulation and computation. Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits leverage advanced CMOS manufacturing techniques to create microscale circuits that encode and process information using light instead of electricity. The presentation will touch on our efforts to generate, manipulate, and detect quantum states of light on chip. These include integrated photon pair sources,  highly entangled quantum states, and programmable photonic processors.  Descriptions will be provided on advanced packaging techniques to get devices out of the lab and to interface with other quantum technologies like trapped ions. Dr. Howland will discuss the nascent but rapidly growing quantum technology industry and its many career opportunities — even for students without an advanced degree!